@fretboard, here is an example of the Franklin medal you have which was stuck from the original dies by Augustin Dupre. This one was probably...
Here's a political token which helped re-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1864. [ATTACH] This die was used to strike the obverse. It's one of three...
Here are a few tokens made by my favorite Wisconsin Civil War token die sinker, Jon Marr. Marr's son became more famous in the art world than his...
Are you going to sue China? PCGS has added a lot of gismos to their slabs which makes counterfeiting harder. Of course they don't do you much good...
Other people have beat me to it, but here's mine. This 1909 VDB is NGC graded MS-65, Red. Locating one of these coins is never an emergincy. They...
I believe the coin has been whizzed. If the color in the photos is accurate, it’s all wrong. I’ll post a picture of a red 1909-VDB tomorrow. I’m...
The trouble with lower grade materal, which has lost its numismatic value to its bullion value, is that the number changes daily, actually by the...
EBay is now making a big effort to make themselves look like a legitimate, on-line coin auction house. They bought a huge space at the recent...
You and I disagree on the value of CAC stickers. If I don’t like the coin, I don’t care whose sticker is on it. I ended up not caring for the only...
I have only one CACG graded coin, and I like it very much. They called this AU-55. I paid a premium for the grade. I think that it is an AU-58,...
Not in my opinion. As gradeflation has continued, CAC sticker system has gone along with it. Please refer to my #20 post. That coin IS NOT an...
l have not collected fractional currency since the late 1980s. The prices have not gone up that much since then. That’s a good thing if you are a...
It cost me $75. That was a high retail price. Some sold for $65. The going price for mail order pieces in the coin magazines was $49.95, but the...
Designer William Kneass and latter Christian Gobrecht had a lot of trouble with the Classic Head design. Gobrecht tinkered with the bust of...
The Classic Head type of gold (1834 to 1838 ($5) or 1839 ($2.50) is VERY hard to find in TRUE Mint State. Here's the only one I have. It is graded...
It might be better to start with Morgan Dollars than gold because there are more of them to examine. An isolated hit with no rub around it is a...
The 1893-S dollar is not rare by any means. When I was dealer in Florida one dealer made a specialty of them. He had 14 certified pieces which...
Never assume that you can "fix" a war nickel. That odd ball alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9# manganese is not as stable as the 90% silver,...
The quality of Civil War tokens is all over the lot. Some of them are poorly made and primitive looking. [ATTACH] Others, like the "Good for...
According to my dime variety book by Davis, Logan, Lovejoy, McCloskey and Subject, the 1823 dime with large E's reverse, was used on two...
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